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ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This project sought to determine whether Dark Matter dominated galaxies are nucleated. In January of 2015, an article was published that sparked interest in the scientific community. The sci…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte galaxy is a dwarf, irregular galaxy located in the constellation Cetus, that has yet to be fully and accurately analyzed. RR Lyrae variable stars are short-period v…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Rubber can store an amazing amount of energy. Therefore, hobbyists have used rubber strands to power model airplanes for more than one hundred years. The main goal of modelers is to achieve…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The popularity of proton beam therapy in treating cancer is increasing, and further development of beam detectors is necessary to monitor the beam profile and perform quality assurance. The…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
With the advent of atomic resolution imaging techniques comes the challenge of disentangling the intrinsic electronic properties of materials from their stochastic atomic-scale disorder. In…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Three-dimensional topological Dirac semimetals (3D-TDSMs) have unusually high mobility at room temperature due to their unique linear electronic band dispersion and nontrivial band topology.…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This study was designed to assess the effects of the fit of a mountain biker's aerodynamics. 1 participant rode a standard entry-level cross-country mountain bike down a one-kilometer segmen…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of this experiment was to determine how the efficiency of an electromagnetic braking system changes as the electromagnet is moved farther from the wheel’s center. I hypothesized…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Current methods of bacterial disinfection are unsuitable due to high cost and inability to kill microbes without altering the product composition. Pulsed magnetic field technology offers pot…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Heaping behavior of granular materials under vertical vibration has attracted increasing interest in recent years as it is a beautiful example of gas-granular interaction and granular hydrod…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The purpose of the Faraday Return project was to pioneer innovation in the field of generator technology through a new generator technology that takes full advantage of Faraday's law of elec…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Collective motion is a phenomenon of ordered motion that attracts much scientific interest because of its presence in a wide variety of applications such as the flocking behavior of birds or…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
As the ISS orbits the Earth, when it passes between an Earth borne observer and the Sun it performs a transit. Previously no model existed for extremely precise forecasting of such Transits.…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Gravity induced loss of consciousness, better known as G-LOC , occurs when excessive gravitational forces are applied to the body resulting in decreased intracerebral blood flow. Even after…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
This project studied the effects of accelerated cure time for CA and PVA glues. I tested the ultimate shear strength (USS) of 120 cross-grain lap joints over 6 weeks and then compared the fi…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Graphene is a one atom thick monolayer hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms with a theoretical thickness of 0.345 nanometers and unique tensile strength capabilities. This study aims to determi…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The goal of this study was to further confirm, characterize, and classify LHS3844b, an exoplanet detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Furthermore, I strove to determ…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
Visible streaks produced by air density variations, caused by temperature changes, any gas leakage or object’s moving (e.g. with supersonic speed), are an example of the Schlieren effect. In…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Highly precise measurements are critical in many fields of science. Quantum metrology studies how accurate measurements can be and how mean squared errors can be minimized to the ultimate ac…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
High-accuracy radio astronomy measurements of interstellar gas velocities are necessary to explore the structure and physical conditions of star formation regions. To improve the accuracy of…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Third Award
Segmented linear quantum computing architectures provide high error tolerance while maintaining a simple, one-dimensional layout. However, current research on implementing currently-achievab…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs) are a hypothesized model of dark matter. Many experiments intended to directly observe WIMPs are being developed; if successful, they would contr…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
My aim was to investigate the relationship between the square root of a parachute’s mass, the inverse of the square root of its area and its design with terminal velocity in order to assess…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The objective of this project is to determine the most efficient and accurate method, among peak fitting analysis (PFA), linear combination fitting analysis (LCF), and principal components a…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
The aim of the project is to research the effect of laser radiation on AlN ceramics, which is significantly superior in its parameters to fiberglass laminate. In this case the surfacing meth…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Microbubbles, tiny bubble smaller than 50 µm in diameter, have advantages over normal bubbles and are utilized in many fields. Among the various methods for producing microbubbles, we focuse…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Black holes exhibit extraordinary behavior unparalleled in the known universe, providing the opportunity for experimental insight into determinism, extra dimensions, and the intersection of…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The decades long trend of transistor size reduction has recently faced a roadblock because of its reliance on already extremely scaled silicon transistors. However, atomically thin semicondu…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Iron-based superconductors (IBSCs) hold a promising future for exhibiting superconducting behavior at increasingly high critical temperatures (Tc), potentially leading to a wide range of app…
ISEF · 2019
Physics and Astronomy
Cherenkov radiation has multiple application in the most prominent areas of modern research. It is the main contributor in the search for cosmic particles, as can be seen in the detector "Su…